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OSSIFYING

9 letters

Definition of OSSIFYING

verb

present participle and gerund of ossify

OSSIFY

verb

To transform (or cause to transform) from a softer animal substance into bone; particularly the processes of growth in humans and animals.

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

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Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 124
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

xerxthrock

on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

OSSIFYING
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

OSSIFYING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read FGIINOSSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and I appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start OSSIFY

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 124 - and most players walked straight past it.

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